Three late-Devensian sites in West-central Scotland

PRELIMINARY investigations of late-Devensian sediments that include moss-sedge peat and moss detritus suitable for radiocarbon dating indicate movement of thick layers of till on the sides of drumlins in west-central Scotland since ∼11,150 b.p. Two of the sites investigated are in inter-drumlin depressions on the north-eastern side of Glasgow: at Springburn (NS 609678) and Robroyston (NS 633676). The third site is between Paisley and Irvine on the floor of the Lochwinnoch Gap at North Kerse (NS 339556). The Quaternary sedimentary sequences at the three sites are shown in Fig. 1.